For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me. Dominick Cruz More Quotes by Dominick Cruz More Quotes From Dominick Cruz From the beginning of your career until the end, you have people telling you, you can't do something or you're only going to get so far. That either drives you to be become the best or it stops you at the stipulations that other people have for you. Dominick Cruz mmacareerspeople Greatness is a life mission being the best is not about being better than anyone else but striving to be the best that you can and bringing out the best in others Dominick Cruz striving-to-be-the-bestbeing-the-bestgreatness You really have to humble yourself and take your ass whippings to understand that you can learn something from somebody Dominick Cruz humble-yourselfasshumble Infuse heart, soul, spirit and passion because talent is not enough Dominick Cruz passionsoulheart If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing. Dominick Cruz mmaathletesports If you want something you have to will it into experience Dominick Cruz mmawant-somethingwant Lack of conditioning will make a coward of us all. Dominick Cruz conditioningmmacoward Always think and be positive. Dominick Cruz being-positivethinking I'm not always 'Dominick Cruz, Tough Guy.' Depression runs in my bloodline. Dominick Cruz alwaystoughguydepression I feel that I fell somewhat under that category where I was using fighting to kind of run from my own self to an extent, to kind of numb the things that I thought about myself. When I had fighting taken away, I was forced to look at myself in the mirror and say, 'What are you without fighting?' Dominick Cruz mirrormyselfyouself I never criticized one person in any way that I did not believe was true. How am I a mean guy if I'm telling the truth? Because nobody wants to hear the truth. Dominick Cruz nobodytruthbelieveway Loss is part of life. If you don't have loss, you don't grow. Dominick Cruz growyoulosslife I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace. Dominick Cruz livefuturepeacepast My goal is to become the best person I can, and in the process of doing so, I believe, I can help others. I'm also trying to make history in mixed martial arts and become known as the best 135-pound fighter to ever compete. Dominick Cruz help-othersbestbelievehistory I don't need fighting. It's the cherry on top to this beautiful life I've been given. Dominick Cruz needfightingbeautifullife Even when I was hurt with triple ACL reconstructive surgeries, there was a target on my back. I had to come back and fight through it. Dominick Cruz fightbacktargethurt This is a game where if you don't have people who dislike you, then you don't know what it is to be liked. I've had a lot of dislike thrown at me in this game, but I've also had a lot of love. Dominick Cruz meyoulovepeople I kill hype for a living. Dominick Cruz livinghype The whole point of this game is that everything flows together in one simple movement... it should just flow and be fluid. And that's what I want to bring to the table every single time I fight. And I enjoy making it look, you know, like an art. Dominick Cruz yousimpletimeart I didn't deserve to get my title stripped after three ACL reconstructions. I didn't deserve to be out for four years. But it happened to me, and so I definitely learned over the years that you don't deserve anything. Nothing you have is yours. Everything is up for grabs in this world. Dominick Cruz nothingmeyouworld
